Paging Joe Biden

A new Suffolk University poll in Florida finds President Obama struggling in the low 40% range in head-to-head matchups with Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, he rockets to 50% when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is added to the Democratic ticket.

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Since VP choices almost never make the difference in the outcome of an election, I have a hard time imagining that switching out Biden would have much of an impact next year. It’s worth remembering that the last sitting president to run with a different VP candidate for reelection was Gerald Ford. And the Rocky-for-Dole switch didn’t really end up working out that well for him.

Any person-hours being spent in the White House worrying about changing the bottom half of the ticket would be better spent worrying about, e.g., jobs.

That’s Magical Thinking Hillary Clinton, the two-fisted beer-and-a-shot gal who cares about nothing more than the (white) American middle class, beloved by Republicans and Democrats alike. If she were campaigning as Veep, people would discover that she’s Centrist Technocrat Hillary Clinton, Competent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, or possible Evil Crypto-Lesbian Socialist Rhymes-with-Witch Hillary Clinton, none of whom poll as well.